There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Hotel designed by indie graphics artists.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.